Automobile glare eliminator



May 30, 1950 D. FULLER AUTOMOBILE GLARE ELIMINATOR Filed June 28, 1946INVENTOR. 000 F ul/er' BY a XK 1W A7170 IPA/f s s Patented May 30, 1950UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AUTOMOBILE GLARE ELIMINATOR Don Fuller,Ogden, Utah Application June 28, 1946, Serial No. 680,172

2 Claims.

My invention relates to protective devices for automobiles and moreparticularly to a device adapted to protect the eyes of a driver of anautomobile against the glare of the head lights of an approachingautomobile in night time or the reflected glare of the sun in day time.

The object of my invention is to provide a shield made of safety glasscolored green and adapted to be installed in an automobile so that itcan be moved to cover the windshield of the automobile either partly orentirely.

Other objects of my invention may appear in the following specificationdescribing it with reference to the accompanying drawing illustrating apreferred embodiment thereof. It is however to be understood that myinvention is not to be limited or restricted to the exact constructionand combination of parts described in the specification and shown in thedrawing but that such changes and modifications can be made which fallwithin the scope of the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a rear view elevation for a wind shield of an automobile andthe front of the body, the dashboard having been partly removed showingthe installation of a glare protective shield according to my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 in Figure l and Figure 4is a detail view in a larger scale of a roller provided on one corner ofthe protective shield according to my invention.

Referring now in detail to the drawing the protective shield accordingto my invention consists of a semicircular section of green safety glass10 having preferably a radius of 12 inches. In the center of thesemicircular glass a shaft 1 l is firmly embedded. A semicircular frameI2 is provided back of the dash board l3 of the automobile and isattached to the body thereof. The rear end of the shaft l l extendsthrough the shield l and is rotatably supported by the frame It. Abracket I3 is fastened on the automobile body and supports the front endof the shaft ll rotatably so that the glass shield is arranged parallelto the windshield. A worm gear I4 is rigidly mounted on the shaft llbetween the bracket [3 and the glass shield ID.

A small electric motor I5 is mounted On a bracket l6 which in turn isfastened to the automobile body. A worm H is rigidly mounted on theshaft of the motor l5 and meshes with the 2 worm gear M. The free end ofthe motor shaft is rotatably supported by a third bracket l8 attached tothe automobile body.

The motor I5 is electrically connected with a two way switch I!) whichis connected with the wiring of the automobile (not shown) so that themotor l5 can be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise.

A slot 20 is provided in the bottom of the windshield frame to permitthe glass shield H] to move therethrough.

The glass shield I0 is provided with a channel shaped frame 2| which ispermanently fastened on the shield l0, surrounding the curved outlinethereof and the lower half of the straight edge of the shield.

To facilitate the rotary movement of the shield Ill a plurality of smallrollers 22 is rotatably mounted in the stationary frame I2 so that thecircumferences of these rollers abut the semicircular edge of the shieldframe l2. In addition to that, a roller 23 is rotatably arranged on theoutside edge of the shield between the web of the channel shaped frame2| and the shield ID. This roller engages the inside surface of thewindshield 24, thereby facilitating the movement of the glass shield I0over the windshield.

The driver can manipulate the switch I9 easily to adjust the protectiveglass shield in any desired position. It will suflice to raise the glassshield about degrees to eliminate the glare of head lights ofapproaching automobiles in night time.

The position of the glass shield behind the dashboard protects itagainst dirt, dust and damage.

Having described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent:

1. In a motor vehicle having a dashboard, windshield and a device forshielding the eyes of an operator of said vehicle comprising asubstantially semi-circular flat green glass shield having a pivot-shaftin the intermediate portion thereof and mounted for rotation into andout of superimposed relation with a predetermined area of thewindshield, the features which include a semicircular frame secured tothe body of the dashboard and depending from the windshield exteriorlyof the area thereof for guiding the glass shield in movement out of thesuperimposed relation with said predetermined area of said windshield ina plane parallel to the latter, the windshield being free and clear ofall portions of said semi-circular frame, and manually-operated of thedashboard and depending from the windshield exteriorly of the areathereof for guiding the glass shield in movement out of the super--imposed relation with said predetermined area of said windshield in aplane parallel to the latter, the windshield being freeand clear of allportions of said semi-circular frame, worm gear means fixed on theshaft, and a manually-oper- 4 ated worm driving the worm gear meansrotatable at right angles to said shaft for rotatably moving said glassshield at will.

DON FULLER.

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